Identifier

FBI_00145

Title

Memo on Black Unrest in the Midwest #1

Creator

Winterrowd, E. H. (FBI)

Description

Summary of information disclosed by Captain Kerwin, U.S. Army, regarding unrest of Black communities across Ohio due to racism and discrimination. Kerwin disclosed information regarding employment and labor issues at civilian manufacturing plants and unrest amongst enlisted soldiers.

Source

100-HQ-135-Serial133, 23 June 1943, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records

Level 1 Tag

Surveillance

Government Correspondence

"Race

Racism

Racialization"

COINTELPRO

Resistance

Level 2 Tag

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Labor Movement

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes

Racial Inequality

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Ohio State Guard

U.S. Army Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. War Department

Date

1943-06-23

Location

Ohio

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act